Brief description

Aims:

The module aims to:

• provide the student with an experience of sustained visual study of the figure.
• develop in the student an ability both to analyse the human form and to interpret that analysis according to the individual’s conceptual rationale of art practice.
• by means of an extended program of painting or drawing, to give the student the opportunity to resolve problems by intensive and renewed study.   
• promote an enhanced understanding of the creative potential of life studies within the framework of the student’s other art practice.
• develop in the student a high level of proficiency in evaluating his/her own work both in relation to other students taking this module and to the work of other contemporary practitioners in the field.
• provide the student with the experience of planning, preparing and staging a small exhibition of paintings and/or drawings of the life model.   
• encourage a high level of technical proficiency and finish in staging this exhibition

Objectives:

By the end of the module you are expected to possess:

• build on experience gained in Life Painting 1 and 2 and Life Drawing 1 and 2 of working from the nude.
• use the human form as part of a self-directed program of art practice.
• apprehend an approach to the nude that will act as an interface between this module and the student’s other art practice activities
• understand the processes involved in working from the life model over an extended period of time.
• apply the conceptual and technical expertise derived from the academic study of the figure to another field (in this case self-portraiture)
• exercise creative autonomy and possess cognisance the place of his/her practice within the field of other contemporary practitioners